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Belief without facts

Guests

Michael Shermer: Executive director of the Skeptics Society, founding publisher of Skeptic Magazine, and columnist for Scientific American. His newest book is "the Believing Brain."

Matt Welch: Editor in chief of Reason Magazine.

Facts are often in dispute these days. From the conspiracy over where the President was born to alternative theories about 9/11, there remains polarization over matters in which the evidence seems unequivocal. Why do many people remain unconvinced by facts?